The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The dark upside-down figure represents the Taliban supported by Pakistan while the Rostam figure on the right represents the International Coalition Against Terrorism (ICAT). The red, white and blue apparel worn by this figure is designed to evoke the United States, Great Britain and Australia simultaneously.The work was developed in collaboration with Afghan artist Sher Ali, who specialises in painting lions in traditional miniature form.
Khadim Ali's works on this theme represent Afghanistan through the perspective of everyday Hazaras still living in Afghanistan. From their perspective, Afghanistan is a dangerous and highly charged political and religious realm which they negotiate daily. The archaic and savage nature of the work is an attempt to communicate the destruction and brutal drives which have consumed Afghanistan.
A woven woollen carpet with fighting demon figures. The work was developed in collaboration with Afghan artist Sher Ali, who specialises in painting lions in traditional miniature form. Ali represents
Khadim’s AWM works represent Afghanistan through the perspective of everyday Hazaras still living in Afghanistan. From their perspective, Afghanistan is a dangerous and highly charged political and re
In this work the Taliban are symbolised as a dark demon and the Afghanistan government as white, and they sit together negotiating the control of territories. The pictured lions represent the various
Khadim created this work in response to the shock of the James Foley beheading and the culture of beheading that is now common in Afghanistan which Khadim argues is due to the influence of Al-Qaeda in
Wallace Anderson’s Evacuation was the first sculpture acquired for the Memorial’s art collection. The work represents a muscular, slouch-hatted Australian soldier at Gallipoli, leaning against a broke
